Miscarriage and Caffiene
Alright future and current moms-to-be listen up: Caffiene (as little as two cups of coffee per day!) can double your miscarriage risk. Caffiene is counted in pop, tea, and other drinks too, of course. We’ve always known that lots of caffiene is no good but now we’re faced with: should we stick with a little in moderation, or stop all together? Certainly, to be on the safer side because caffiene is no good for anyones body, stopping intake all together is great. But for some pregnant moms, drinks and food that contain caffiene are sometimes ‘comfort foods or drinks’ or an object of a craving.
If you can stand it, nix the caffiene all together! If you are trying to concieve, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to detox before you get pregnant. Usually it’s a lot easier to stop bad habits before you become pregnant, so if stopping caffiene intake is something you want to do, your best bet might be to stop it before you do get that positive pregnancy test!
Read more here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22718279/
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:08 am
This is one of those recommendations that has changed over the years, based on whatever was the most recent medical research.
But I recall that, when I was pregnant with my daughter in late 1988 / early 1989, caffeine was considered off limits for expectant mothers. I did fine without the coffee, because I was not drinking much at the time. Caffeine-free pop could be found, and my parents kept some at their house.
Caffeine-free tea, however, just didn’t taste right (Bleh!). So I had no iced tea, or very limited amounts of the “allowed” brew.
January 25th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I’m 9 weeks pregnant. When I found out I was pregnant, I did a little reading about what was acceptable and cut back to one cup of regular coffee per day and eliminated all other caffiene (Before I got pregnant, I typically drank two cups of coffee in the morning and a pop or two in the afternoon). I had my first visit with my midwife last Friday and asked her about my caffiene intake and she said that what I was doing was fine. The new study has since been published.
I’m thinking about switching to one small cup of that 1/2 caf 1/2 decaf blend you can buy which would cut it down even further. I guess I’m just finding it really hard to totally eliminate it. I get a headache in the morning without it.